Spectacle-holder



'(No Model.)

- J; SHONE. SPEGTAGLE HOLDER.

m 0 1 m 1 1 w N r I p A .d e t n e t a P w 3 mm m m 2 m I 0 N yaw ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS. HvaloLithcgnpMr. wumnmn. n. c.

UNITED STATES I PATENT O FICE.

JOSEPHA. SHONE, OF SALEM, MISSISSIPPI.

SPECTACLE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 256,393, dated April 11, 1882. Application filed August 15, 1881. (No model.)

Toall whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. SHONE, of Salem, in the county of Benton and State of Mississippi, haveinvented a new and Improved Spectacle-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to-provide a new and improved spectacle-holder for attaching spectacles to shades, such as are worn on the head, or from that known as the brim.

The invention consists of a suitable clip carrying an adjustable folding bar, to one end of which the spectacles are attached. The clip is to be attached to the under side of the shade, the construction beingsuch that when the spectacles are not in use the device may be folded up snugly against the surface of the shade; but when the spectacles are to be used the device is unfolded, whereby the spectacles will be set and suspended from the shade before the eyes of the wearer.

In the accompanying drawings,.]3igure 1 is an end-elevation of my improved spectacles and a longitudinal sectional elevation of the cap to which they are attached. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, showing the spectacles partially folded against the under side of the brim. Fig. 3 is a planview of the under side of the brim of a hat or cap, showing the spectacles folded against it.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A strip, A, preferably made of metal and having a squared or angular upper end, is attached to the curved wire B, connecting the frames of the two lenses 0 O of the spectacles O. This strip A is pivoted to the lower end of a strip or piece of metal, D, orothersuitable material, which is pivoted at its upper end to the squared lower end, F, of a bent clip, E, having its upper end bent up against the under side of the brim G of a cap or hat, H, and against the inner side of this cap or hat and below the sweat-band. This clip E is held to the under side of the brim G by means of a screw, J, passing through the brim, and by a winged nut, K, screwed on this screw on the upper side of the brim. A flat spring, L, resting on the squared end of the strip A, is riveted or part of a hat or cap v otherwise suitably fastened to theouter or upper side of the strip or piece D, and a like flat spring, M, resting on the squared end, F, of the clip E, is fastened to the inner or lower side of the strip or piece D. The strip or piece D is to be of such length that it reaches from the under side of the peak or rim G to near the eyes of the wearer or it can be made adjustable.

The operation is as follows: When the spectacles are in use they are held in front of the eyes, as shown in Fig. 1, the springs L and M lockin g the several parts in this position. If the spectacles are to be removed and are to be out of the way, the strip or piece D is folded .against the under side of the brim Gr in the direction of the arrow a, and the spectacles are folded against the under side 'of the peak or brim G in the direction of the arrow 11, the several parts being held in position bythe springs L and M. The spectacles are thus held in'front of the eyes without resting on the nose or causing any inconvenience whatever, can be folded to be out of the way very easily, and can be lowered very easily if the spectacles are to be used. The spectacles may also be attached to a shade, such as worn by draftsmen and engravers. v

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a spectacle-holder made substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting ofa clip, E, to which is pivoted a strip, D, carrying the spectacles C, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the shade G, of the clip E, the strip D, and the spectacles G, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the clip E, of the strip D, the strip A, the spectacles C, and the binding-sprin gs L and M, substantially-as herein shown and described, and for the pur-' pose set forth.

JOSEPH ARMSTRONG SHONE. 

